Year: 2008

As you may have already read on Doug’s or Don’s blogs, “Oslo” is the codename for the new Microsoft Modeling platform. What’s important to understand is that when we say "Modeling Platform" we use the term "Modeling" in the broadest sense of the word to mean "an abstract representation of something that has a useful…

Scott Hanselman posted a list of speaker tips for technical presentations. It’s a great read, and so are the comments. Here are 10 more tips to add on to his, focusing on general presentation skills. In my job I have the opportunity to speak with many different people in a variety of settings. I’ve found…

If you are going to TechEd in Orlando come check out my S+S talk: A Practical Guide to Doing the Software-Plus-Services Thing (ARC09-TLC). My goal for this talk is to describe how S+S can address some of the challenges in developing large SOA-based systems, and help create solutions that were not possible or practical before. I…

The videos of my TechEd Israel talks are online. The Software plus Services talk is here. This is a new talk that I did with my dear friend Tim Stevens, and it was really great. The Service Taxonomy talk is here. This is the first time that I gave this talk in Hebrew, and in fact, the…

If you are going to TechEd Israel, make sure to catch the talk that Tim and I are delivering on S+S. If all goes well (and the demo gods like us) then this should be one awesome talk 🙂 Oh – and don’t forget to bring your cell phones! I’m also giving a slightly updated version…

The Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) team is looking for YOUR input to help us prioritize our efforts around designer re-hosting scenarios. If you’re interested in helping us shape the future of this feature, tell us what you think by filling in this survey. The survey will close on Wednesday, March 19th 2008.